Martin McGuinness

Brown hosts talks on Northern Irish policing

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Published Date: 08 November 2009 NORTHERN Ireland's First and Deputy First Minister met Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Downing Street yesterday to...

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Justice threat 'could halt talks' :: BBC -- Mark Devenport

DUP leader Peter Robinson has warned Sinn Fein that negotiations on devolving justice could come to a halt if republicans resort to "blackmail". His statement follows an article from a senior Sinn Fein official this week that...

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Big Ian, little ian and a sober ending

As he reflected ruefully on his own fall from grace, Albert Reynolds opined that it was the small things which bring you down. Which is only partly true -- there is generally some bigger thing lurking in the shadows. In this...

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The Grouch

It's one of the most popular children's TV programmes in history, but it's no longer on most British screens. A strange New York neighbourhood, in which Muppets and people lived harmoniously as equals, kept young British...

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Time to transfer policing powers :: The Irish Times -- Editorial

THIS IS a time of considerable anxiety in Northern Ireland as plans for the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster run into difficulties while threats from dissident republicans to the peace process reach a...

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No Alliance Justice Minister without 'progress' :: UTV Internet

Alliance MLA Anna Lo said her party will not accept Northern Ireland’s new Justice Ministry post until the Executive agrees on a strategy to tackle segregation in the region. Anna Lo said progress on devolving policing and...

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No, I’m the real Irish republican

Jason Walsh spoke to some of those who claim to be the legitimate heirs of 1916 and found their legitimism geeky and unconvincing. Irish affairs have dropped off the British press’s radar since the Real IRA’s headline-grabbing...

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Dublin Appeals To DUP Over Justice

The Irish Republic's Foreign Affairs Minister has urged that policing and justice powers should be devolved from London without delay.As two leading republicans head to New York this week to underline their commitment to taking...

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Mountain Climbers Recognised

A NI couple who have scaled the world's highest peak have been honoured.Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, met Noel and Lynne Hanna (pictured) this week.They are the first...

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Exam Spotlight

The education minister said she will not re-introduce academic selection On November 14, thousands of children in Northern Ireland will be sitting down to take the test that wasn't supposed to happen. On Tuesday night BBC's...

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